Inquire Within Podcast

Meditation has been promoted by every spiritual tradition throughout history, and now modern science is talking it up as an important and effective tool for mental and physical health.  In this interview, I ask Jonathan Reynolds, author of the just published book, Learning to Listen, about the practice of meditation and how it can be used as a powerful tool for transformation and healing. SHOW NOTES  During the interview, the following people and books were mentioned. Charles Timm-Ballard The Path of Least Resistance by Robert Fritz The Bhagavad-Gita Mahabharata Jen Burk Einstein Kashmir Shaivism Spirit Rock Green Gulch Esalen

Yoga and Pilates are two forms of movement therapy that are taking western culture by storm.  In this interview, I ask well-known yoga and Pilates teacher Michael Watson about the ways in which these two disciplines differ as well as how they can complement each other for greater overall health.    To learn more about Michaelâ��s work you can visit his website.  Michael and I are also part of The Yoga Intensive where you can learn to deepen your yoga and work toward teacher certification.

In this interview with actress Jeri Lynn Cohen, we explore her use of yoga to complement conventional cancer treatments with great success.  Jerri Lynn welcomes your emails. You can also visit her website.

In life it is easy to lose faith when things get dark, but all the great spiritual stories from East to West remind us that the dark times are necessary for us to be reborn in a new and more evolved way. By looking at three great stories from the Yogic, Jewish and Christian traditions, Darren explores the concept of spiritual rebirth in a new way that is applicable for our modern times.

Understanding one's purpose in life is the key to finding health and happiness. It is also how a spiritual seeker can fulfill his or her role in the healing of the world. In this talk, Darren explores the process of listening to that inner voice in order to find one's own personal path.

Spiritual practice is difficult even on a yoga mat or a meditation cushion; keeping the mind quiet and the heart open within the context of human relationships can seem impossible. There is no area of life where our spiritual practice is more important than in that of our interactions with each other. In this talk, Darren explores human relationships from a yogic point of view and looks at ways that we can make them a spiritual practice in and of themselves.

God is a very touchy subject for many in the yoga world. Many of us have found our way to the yoga mat because the religion of our childhood left a bad aftertaste. Although yoga is not a religion, it does encourage a relationship with a higher power. In this talk, Darren explores the nature of God through the lens of Hindu mythology. By looking at the concept of God in a new way, old patterns and beliefs can be replaced by healthy and well-adjusted ones.

In this talk Darren explores the idea that everyday people living in the modern world can live a mystical and deeply spiritual life by using ancient techniques such as yoga in a more modern way. The talk is based loosely on his second book, Yoga and the Path of the Urban Mystic.